Stochastic Community Assembly: Does It Matter in Microbial Ecology?

Zhou, Jizhong; Ning, Daliang

doi:10.1128/MMBR.00002-17

Title: Stochastic Community Assembly: Does It Matter in Microbial Ecology?

Journal Article · 11 October 2017 · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/MMBR.00002-17 · OSTI ID:1561877

Zhou, Jizhong ^[1]; Ning, Daliang ^[2]

Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)

Understanding the mechanisms controlling community diversity, functions, succession, and biogeography is a central, but poorly understood, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial ecology. Although stochastic processes are believed to play nonnegligible roles in shaping community structure, their importance relative to deterministic processes is hotly debated. The importance of ecological stochasticity in shaping microbial community structure is far less appreciated. Some of the main reasons for such heavy debates are the difficulty in defining stochasticity and the diverse methods used for delineating stochasticity. Here in this paper, we provide a critical review and synthesis of data from the most recent studies on stochastic community assembly in microbial ecology. We then describe both stochastic and deterministic components embedded in various ecological processes, including selection, dispersal, diversification, and drift. We also describe different approaches for inferring stochasticity from observational diversity patterns and highlight experimental approaches for delineating ecological stochasticity in microbial communities. In addition, we highlight research challenges, gaps, and future directions for microbial community assembly research.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); USDA

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Journal Information:: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, Vol. 81, Issue 4; ISSN 1092-2172

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